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Function Allocation and New Roles for Humans in Rail Automation

Document Series:
Research Results
Author:
  • Federal Railroad Administration
Report Number
RR 22-18
Office
RDI-24
Subject:
Human Factors
Keywords:
Work domain analysis, human-automation function allocation, rail, human factors, cognitive task analysis, Cab Technology Integration Laboratory, CTIL
Document
New Roles for Humans.pdf (441.02 KB)

The purpose of this work was to demonstrate improved system performance on a selected automated system by implementing a function allocation methodology that enables design of a display interface for that system that makes best use of human as well as machine capabilities.


Last updated: Wednesday, August 20, 2025